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TWO WHEELED VEHICLE. No. 326,595. Petented Sept. 22, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WVILLIAM H. SCHMEDLEN, OF OOLDWATER, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOLDWATERROAD CART COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

EEPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,595, datedSeptember 22, 1885.

Application filed July 8, 1885. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. SoHMED- LEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Preventing the Slipping of Vehicle-Shafts; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, .clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this I 5 specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of two-wheeledvehicles in which the shafts are attached directly to a square ironaxle, and aims to prevent the slipping of the shafts on the axle.

It consists in the novel combination and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a two-wheeled vehicleprovided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, on anenlarged scale, of the lower end of the shaft and a portion of the axle.Fig. 8 is a side View of the same, partly in section.

4 is a detail perspective view of the retainingplate.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the shafts, and B the axle.

The axle is provided on the upper side witha mortise or indentation,into which a lug or spur, D, on the under side of the retainingplate Eenters, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The retaining-plate E is bent upwardat its opposite ends, forming the ears E E, as shown.

The lug or spur D is formed on the under side of the retaining-plate Eat its center. The plate is made of such a length that when'the ends E Eare bent up they will lit close to the sides of the shaft, as shown inFig. 2.

5 The retaining-plate is placed on the axle so that the lug D enters theindentation in the axle, and is turned so that the line of directionFig.-

of its length will be parallel to the line of direction of the length ofthe axle.

The end of the shaft is placed on the retain- 5o ing-plate between theears E E, as shown. Two metal straps, F F, are secured to the front andrear sides, respectively, of the shaft, and extend down below the axle,as shown. The lower ends of these straps are rounded and screw-threaded,as shown.

A shaft-brace, G, is secured to the shaft in any desired manner, andextended downward and backward to the lower side of the axle, where itis flattened,forminga clamping-plate, G, and provided with twoholes,through which the rounded ends of the straps F F are inserted.

Nuts H H are placed on the ends of the straps F F, below the flattenedportion G of 6 the shaft-brace, and are turned up against the same toclamp the parts securely together.

It will be readily appreciated that by the construction and arrangementof parts just described the shaft is securely held from slipping on theaxle, and the two shafts will be always kept the proper distance apart.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The combination of the axle provided on its upper side with anindentation, a retainingplate provided with a lug on its under side toengage the indentation in the axle, and having its ends bent upward atright angles to embrace the shaft, the shaft placed on the retainingplate, the metal straps secured to the shaft on opposite sides of thesame and depending below the axle, their lower ends being'rounded andscrew-threaded, the axle-brace provided 8 with a flattened portionadapted to serve as a clamping-plate, and the ola1nping-.nu'ts,substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. SGHMEDLEN. Witnesses:

JOHN R. CHAMPIN, A. J. GREENE.

